Article: Champ Llodra value to make successful bow; OPEN GDF SUEZ EURO SPORT 1pm & 7pm.(Sports)

Byline: By Adrian Humphries

MICHAEL LLODRA will do well to stage a successful defence of his World Tournament title this week, but the Frenchman is still capable of taking out a player of Ivo Karlovic's limited ability.

Karlovic rose to a career-best ranking of 14th last August, but even though the big-serving Croat's status has since diminished to 25th he remains vulnerable against a classy opponent, as he showed when beaten by Sergey Stakhovsky last week and Mario Ancic at the Australian Open last month.

Llodra, who has edged out Karlovic in both ...

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